--- title: He led her into a magnificent hall, where all the Court was assemble… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He led her into a magnificent hall, where all the Court was assembled, and himself taking up the golden bowl full of water, he offered it to her that she might dip her pretty fingers into it. Who acts: King, Court. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Court), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:32:2 # text = He led her into a magnificent hall, where all the Court was assembled, and himself taking up the golden bowl full of water, he offered it to her that she might dip her pretty fingers into it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 nsubj _ _ 18 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | King | feast | | a magnificent hall | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into hall=Destination | | 2 | **assemble** | past · passive | | all Court | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **take up** | gerund | King | the golden bowl | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme | | 4 | **offer** | past | King | bowl | feast | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Goal | | 5 | **dip** | might | Court | feast | | bowl | | pretty *property* | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent she=Theme finger=Destination | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/3/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)